An elderly man and his wife were tied to chairs during a terrifying burglary in their home, police in the North have said.

Police remain at the scene of two pipebomb explosions in Co Antrim.

Hazel Stewart told police she wished she was dead when they questioned her about the murders of her husband and her ex-lover’s wife, a court heard today.

A man appeared in court today charged with abducting two schoolgirls from a children’s home in Northern Ireland.